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GovernorHub joins The Key to further improve governance support

Tuesday 28th April, 2020: The Key, the leading provider of information and resources for education…

Education leaders don’t think schools should be used as polling stations

10th December, 2019: In a recent poll of The Key’s members, 69% of respondents said they thought schools should not be used as polling stations. 27% said they should be used and 4% said they don’t know. Caroline Doherty, Head of External Relations, at The…

84% of school leaders are distracted by complaints from parents

A new poll conducted by The Key uncovers the extent to which parental complaints absorb…

Trust leaders trapped in growth struggle in the quest for financial viability

Thursday 26th September, 2019: Pressure to grow in order to reach economies of scale governs trust-wide priorities, according to new research released today by The Key in partnership with Forum Strategy. When asked to identify…

Comment: Education Unions Write to Gavin Williamson About Teacher Pay

Caroline Doherty, Head of External Relations at The Key, said: "We welcome this plea as…

More support needed for trust leaders

Thursday 5th September, 2019: The Key has today released initial findings from a report into academy trust leadership, which indicates a large proportion (87%) of trust leaders are regularly* collaborating with other trusts to establish best practice, in what is still a relatively new, complex and varied…

Digital hub creates ‘mosaic’ of possibilities

Monday 12th August, 2019: A new £1.8m co-working space will give digital businesses a place…

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September INSET day: what to cover in your staff safeguarding update – Primary School Management, July 2020

With the coronavirus pandemic giving rise to new or intensified safeguarding challenges, Bethany Eadie from…

Support for setting up a digital education platform – Education Business, May 2020

With the Department for Education recently announcing funded set-up support for digital education platforms, Amy Cook from The Key takes a look at why schools and trusts are adopting these platforms and explains the ins and outs of the new funding scheme. Read more here:…

Managing remote recruitment during the coronavirus closures – Headteacher Update, April 2020

Xavier Roeseler, Lead Content Producer at The Key, outlines how schools can adapt their current…

Coronavirus: How to organise your skeleton staffing structure – Primary School Management, March 2020

Richard Skipper, senior content editor at The Key, gives some pointers on how schools can organise their staff so that they can stay open safely for those who most need it during the coronavirus pandemic.…

The year ahead in education – Education Business, January 2020

Caroline Doherty identifies some of the main developments likely to hit the sector in the…

Pupils have missed more than a week of school because of elections – The Independent, December 2019

As schools prepare to to shut once again this week, analysis suggests that pupils have missed more than a week of education in recent years as their classrooms become polling stations. According to the poll, more than two in three (69%) school leaders believe schools…

School leaders increasingly distracted by parental complaints – Education Business, November 2019

A new poll has revealed that 84% of school leaders are distracted by complaints from…

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